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Question: How are the waste products from these portable toilets disposed of?
A.) Emptied onto the ground directly behind the toilets.
B.) Picked up by a waste sanitation company.
C.) Spread on a field for use as a fertilizer.
Waste products are picked up by a waste sanitation company.
Correction
Additional Guidelines and Recommendations
- Stringent federal standards must be met for treated sewer sludge (biosolids) to be approved as a fertilizer.¹
- Federal regulations include limits for metals, pathogen reduction standards, site restrictions, crop harvesting restrictions and monitoring, record keeping, and reporting requirements for land applied biosolids.
- Disposal and use of biosolids is subject to state, and possibly local regulations, as well as federal regulations.
- Note: for produce to be sold or labeled as 100% organic, sewage sludge cannot be used. ²
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- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough Conclusion
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 9
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 8
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 7
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 6
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 5
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 4
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 3
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 2
- Farmers’ Markets Walkthrough 1